homoplasy

== English == === Etymology === Coined by British zoologist Ray Lankester in 1870, from homo- +‎ -plasy, formed from Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “similar, alike, the same”) and πλάσσω (plássō, “to shape, to mold”). === Noun === homoplasy (countable and uncountable, plural homoplasies) (evolutionary theory) A correspondence between the parts or organs of different species acquired as the result of parallel evolution or convergence. (textual criticism) A correspondence between variants in different versions of texts acquired as the result of parallel evolution or convergence. ==== Antonyms ==== homology ==== Related terms ==== hemiplasy homoplasic homoplasious homoplastic === References ===